Direct Aulacaspis yasumatsui Infestation of Pre-Harvest Cycas Seeds Reduces Germination and Performance of Seedlings

The invasion of numerous countries by the armored scale Aulacaspis yasumatsui Takagi has caused widespread mortality of host Cycas species. Few studies have looked at reproductive biology responses of host plants to the herbivore. This study was conducted to determine the influence of direct Cycas seed integument infestation of A. yasumatsui on germination and seedling performance. An observational study in a Tinian ex situ Cycas micronesica K.D. Hill garden revealed that germination percentage was reduced two-thirds by heavy pre-harvest integument infestation, and more than half of the seedlings from infested seeds died in the nursery. Multi-year mortality of plants was six times greater for plants from habitats with infested seeds than for plants from minimally infested habitats. Stem height of nine-year-old plants from habitats with infested seeds was 64% of that of plants from habitats with un-infested seeds. A controlled study in a Philippine ex situ C. micronesica and Cycas edentata de Laub. garden corroborated these findings. Germination of infested seeds was about 30% of that for un-infested seeds. Seedling mortality in the nursery following experimental infestation of seed integuments with A. yasumatsui during seed maturation was about 50%, but was minimal for seedlings from un-infested seeds. These results indicate that limitations in regeneration and recruitment of host Cycas plants following A. yasumatsui herbivory may be partly due to the influence of direct seed infestations. Conservationists may use this new knowledge to improve in situ seed selection criteria and use prophylactic treatments to ensure lack of integument infestations for ex situ gardens.

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Compared EC-AFM Analysis of Laser-Induced Graphene and Graphite Electrodes in Sulfuric Acid Electrolyte

Molecules ◽

10.3390/molecules26237333 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 26 (23) ◽

pp. 7333

Author(s):

Claudia Filoni ◽

Bahram Shirzadi ◽

Marco Menegazzo ◽

Eugenio Martinelli ◽

Corrado Di Natale ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Ex Situ ◽

Oxidation Reactions ◽

Acid Electrolyte ◽

Spectroscopy Analysis ◽

Graphite Electrodes ◽

Force Microscopy ◽

Atomic Force ◽

Afm Analysis ◽

And Performance

Flexible and economic sensor devices are the focus of increasing interest for their potential and wide applications in medicine, food analysis, pollution, water quality, etc. In these areas, the possibility of using stable, reproducible, and pocket devices can simplify the acquisition of data. Among recent prototypes, sensors based on laser-induced graphene (LIGE) on Kapton represent a feasible choice. In particular, LIGE devices are also exploited as electrodes for sensing in liquids. Despite a characterization with electrochemical (EC) methods in the literature, a closer comparison with traditional graphite electrodes is still missing. In this study, we combine atomic force microscopy with an EC cell (EC-AFM) to study, in situ, electrode oxidation reactions when LIGE or other graphite samples are used as anodes inside an acid electrolyte. This investigation shows the quality and performance of the LIGE electrode with respect to other samples. Finally, an ex situ Raman spectroscopy analysis allows a detailed chemical analysis of the employed electrodes.

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Correlation of Materials Property and Performance with Internal Structures Evolvement Revealed by Laboratory X-ray Tomography

Materials ◽

10.3390/ma11101795 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 11 (10) ◽

pp. 1795 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

Lei Zhang ◽

Shaogang Wang

Keyword(s):

Metallic Glass ◽

Electric Fields ◽

Performance Testing ◽

Ex Situ ◽

X Rays ◽

X Ray ◽

Internal Structures ◽

And Performance ◽

Protective Performance

Although X-rays generated from a laboratory-based tube cannot be compared with synchrotron radiation in brilliance and monochromaticity, they are still viable and accessible in-house for ex situ or interrupted in situ X-ray tomography. This review mainly demonstrates recent works using laboratory X-ray tomography coupled with the measurements of properties or performance testing under various conditions, such as thermal, stress, or electric fields. Evolvements of correlated internal structures for some typical materials were uncovered. The damage features in a graded metallic 3D mesh and a metallic glass under mechanical loading were revealed and investigated. Micro-voids with thermal treatment and void healing phenomenon with electropulsing were clearly demonstrated and quantitatively analyzed. The substance transfer around an electrode of a Li-S battery and the protective performance of a Fe-based metallic glass coating on stainless steel were monitored through electrochemical processes. It was shown that in situ studies of the laboratory X-ray tomography were suitable for the investigation of structure change under controlled conditions and environments. An extension of the research for in situ laboratory X-ray tomography can be expected with supplementary novel techniques for internal strain, global 3D grain orientation, and a fast tomography strategy.

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Ex-situ conservation of the native orchid Coelogyne rochusseni de Vriese from the Bukit Rimbang and Bukit Baling Wildlife Reserve Areas

Biogenesis Jurnal Ilmiah Biologi ◽

10.24252/bio.v9i1.21274 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Pebra Heriansyah ◽

Gusti Marlina

Keyword(s):

Activated Charcoal ◽

Ex Situ Conservation ◽

In Situ Conservation ◽

Basal Medium ◽

Germination Percentage ◽

Ex Situ ◽

Randomized Design ◽

Wildlife Reserve ◽

Different Levels

The native orchid Coelogyne rochussenii de Vriese is under threat of extinction, so conservation measures need to be taken. In-situ conservation is constrained by time, resources and costs, and the appropriate conservation must be ex-situ. Therefore, This study aims to determine the most effective method for ex-situ conservation, especially basal medium and activated charcoal, in order to determine the fastest germination. The method used in this research was a factorial completely randomized design, consisting of four different basal medium treatments, Knudson C, Vacin and Went, Murashige and Skoog, and Hyponex + Vitamin medium. This treatment was combined with the application of activated charcoal at 4 different levels, with concentrations of 0.1,2.3 g/L-1, the parameters observed were germination day (day), germination percentage (%), and percentage of contamination (%). The results of this study concluded that the conservation of the Native orchid Coelogyne Rochussenii de Vriese using various growing mediums and activated charcoal had a significant effect on the growth of the embryo culture native orchid. Hyponex + Vitamin medium with 3 g/L-1 is able to accelerate germination days to 29.33 days, increase germination percentage to 92.06%, and reduce contamination to 0%.

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Rhyzobius lophanthae Behavior is Influenced by Cycad Plant Age, Providing Odor Samples in a Y-tube Olfactometer

Insects ◽

10.3390/insects9040194 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 194 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Thomas Marler ◽

Paris Marler

Keyword(s):

Chemical Cues ◽

Plant Age ◽

Tree Leaves ◽

Mature Tree ◽

Seedling Mortality ◽

Clear Preference ◽

Armored Scale ◽

Adult Plants ◽

Rhyzobius Lophanthae

The scale predator Rhyzobius lophanthae Blaisdell was introduced to Guam and Rota to control invasive Aulacaspis yasumatsui Takagi armored scale infestations on the native Cycas micronesica K.D. Hill populations. The predator demonstrated a clear preference for A. yasumatsui infesting adult plants, resulting in 100% seedling mortality due to the lack of a biocontrol of the scale on seedlings. A Y-tube olfactometer was employed to determine if scale-infested seedling leaves were less attractive to R. lophanthae than scale-infested mature tree leaves. Five paired combinations of seedling versus mature tree leaves were used. The R. lophanthae adults navigated toward scale-infested and un-infested leaves of adults and seedlings when paired with an empty chamber. However, a clear preference for adult leaves occurred when paired with seedling leaves. The results were unambiguous in charcoal-filtered air, intermediate in unfiltered air from an open laboratory, and most ambiguous when conducted with unfiltered in-situ air. The number of predators that did not make a choice was greatest for in-situ air and least for charcoal-filtered air. These results indicated that the substrate used in olfactometry influenced the results, and interpretations of charcoal-filtered air assays should be made with caution. Volatile chemical cues are involved in R. lophanthae preferring A. yasumatsui located on C. micronesica adults when infested adult and seedling leaves are present.

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Lithium-Ion Capacitors: A Review of Design and Active Materials

Energies ◽

10.3390/en14040979 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (4) ◽

pp. 979

Author(s):

Jacob J. Lamb ◽

Odne S. Burheim

Keyword(s):

In Situ Hybridisation ◽

Lithium Ion ◽

Ex Situ ◽

Future Research ◽

Active Materials ◽

Energy Applications ◽

Challenges And Opportunities ◽

Battery Electrode ◽

And Performance

Lithium-ion capacitors (LICs) have gained significant attention in recent years for their increased energy density without altering their power density. LICs achieve higher capacitance than traditional supercapacitors due to their hybrid battery electrode and subsequent higher voltage. This is due to the asymmetric action of LICs, which serves as an enhancer of traditional supercapacitors. This culminates in the potential for pollution-free, long-lasting, and efficient energy-storing that is required to realise a renewable energy future. This review article offers an analysis of recent progress in the production of LIC electrode active materials, requirements and performance. In-situ hybridisation and ex-situ recombination of composite materials comprising a wide variety of active constituents is also addressed. The possible challenges and opportunities for future research based on LICs in energy applications are also discussed.

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Mechanical and Microstructure Characterization of Aluminium-Copper (Al-Cu) Reinforced with In Situ Titanium Diboride (TiB2)

Key Engineering Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/kem.673.117 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 673 ◽

pp. 117-125 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

R. Rosmamuhamadani ◽

Shamsuddin Sulaiman ◽

Mohamed Ariff Azmah Hanim ◽

M.I.S. Ismail ◽

Mahesh Talari

Keyword(s):

Titanium Diboride ◽

Metallic Matrix ◽

Ex Situ ◽

Matrix Composites ◽

Wear Properties ◽

In Situ Techniques ◽

Cu Alloy ◽

Aluminium Copper ◽

And Performance

Aluminium based in-situ metal matrix composites (MMCs) have better properties and performance when compared to ex-situ MMCs. In this research, aluminium-copper (Al-Cu) alloy was reinforced with 1 to 6wt.% titanium diboride (TiB2). Al-MMCs has been fabricated with salt route reaction process at 800 °C via potassium hexafluorotitanate (K2TiF6) and potassium tetrafluoroborate (KBF4) salts. Al-Cu composites reinforced with 1,2, 3 and 6wt.% TiB2 then will be characterized their mechanical properties and microstructure. From results obtained, increased TiB2 contents will increased the value of tensile and hardness properties of Al-Cu alloy. The composites synthesized using in-situ techniques exhibit the presence a uniform distribution of reinforcement that tends to be fine and associated with a clean interface with the metallic matrix. In order to achieve a good mechanical and wear properties it is important to control Al3Ti phase formation during the synthesis of in situ Al-Cu/TiB2 composites.

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An in situ and ex situ TEM study of the formation of thin cobalt silicide films by molecular beam epitaxy on the silicon (100) surface

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s042482010010648x ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 46 ◽

pp. 884-885

Author(s):

D. Loretto ◽

J. M. Gibson ◽

S. M. Yalisove ◽

R. T. Tung

Keyword(s):

Molecular Beam Epitaxy ◽

Molecular Beam ◽

Defect Density ◽

High Vacuum ◽

Ultra High Vacuum ◽

Ex Situ ◽

Metal Base ◽

In Situ Experiments ◽

Potential Applications

The cobalt disilicide/silicon system has potential applications as a metal-base and as a permeable-base transistor. Although thin, low defect density, films of CoSi2 on Si(111) have been successfully grown, there are reasons to believe that Si(100)/CoSi2 may be better suited to the transmission of electrons at the silicon/silicide interface than Si(111)/CoSi2. A TEM study of the formation of CoSi2 on Si(100) is therefore being conducted. We have previously reported TEM observations on Si(111)/CoSi2 grown both in situ, in an ultra high vacuum (UHV) TEM and ex situ, in a conventional Molecular Beam Epitaxy system.The procedures used for the MBE growth have been described elsewhere. In situ experiments were performed in a JEOL 200CX electron microscope, extensively modified to give a vacuum of better than 10-9 T in the specimen region and the capacity to do in situ sample heating and deposition. Cobalt was deposited onto clean Si(100) samples by thermal evaporation from cobalt-coated Ta filaments.

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The use of transmission and analytical electron microscopy in studying reactions and phase transformations in thin film

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100150046 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 51 ◽

pp. 842-843

Author(s):

K. Barmak

Keyword(s):

Thin Film ◽

Thin Films ◽

Phase Transformations ◽

Analytical Electron Microscopy ◽

Ex Situ ◽

Multilayer Thin Films ◽

Absolute Concentration ◽

Analytical Electron ◽

Deposition Step

Generally, processing of thin films involves several annealing steps in addition to the deposition step. During the annealing steps, diffusion, transformations and reactions take place. In this paper, examples of the use of TEM and AEM for ex situ and in situ studies of reactions and phase transformations in thin films will be presented.The ex situ studies were carried out on Nb/Al multilayer thin films annealed to different stages of reaction. Figure 1 shows a multilayer with dNb = 383 and dAl = 117 nm annealed at 750°C for 4 hours. As can be seen in the micrograph, there are four phases, Nb/Nb3-xAl/Nb2-xAl/NbAl3, present in the film at this stage of the reaction. The composition of each of the four regions marked 1-4 was obtained by EDX analysis. The absolute concentration in each region could not be determined due to the lack of thickness and geometry parameters that were required to make the necessary absorption and fluorescence corrections.

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Transmission Electron Microscopy of Epitaxial silicides grown by ultra high vacuum deposition

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100154287 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 47 ◽

pp. 462-463

Author(s):

D. Loretto ◽

J. M. Gibson ◽

S. M. Yalisove

Keyword(s):

Electron Microscopy ◽

Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽

Electron Diffraction ◽

High Vacuum ◽

High Energy ◽

Energy Electron ◽

Ultra High Vacuum ◽

Ex Situ ◽

Transmission Electron

The silicides CoSi2 and NiSi2 are both metallic with the fee flourite structure and lattice constants which are close to silicon (1.2% and 0.6% smaller at room temperature respectively) Consequently epitaxial cobalt and nickel disilicide can be grown on silicon. If these layers are formed by ultra high vacuum (UHV) deposition (also known as molecular beam epitaxy or MBE) their thickness can be controlled to within a few monolayers. Such ultrathin metal/silicon systems have many potential applications: for example electronic devices based on ballistic transport. They also provide a model system to study the properties of heterointerfaces. In this work we will discuss results obtained using in situ and ex situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM).In situ TEM is suited to the study of MBE growth for several reasons. It offers high spatial resolution and the ability to penetrate many monolayers of material. This is in contrast to the techniques which are usually employed for in situ measurements in MBE, for example low energy electron diffraction (LEED) and reflection high energy electron diffraction (RHEED), which are both sensitive to only a few monolayers at the surface.

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Atomic Layer Deposition of LiF and Lithium Ion Conducting (AlF3)(LiF)x Alloys Using Trimethylaluminum, Lithium Hexamethyldisilazide and Hydrogen Fluoride

10.26434/chemrxiv.5459653 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Younghee Lee ◽

Daniela M. Piper ◽

Andrew S. Cavanagh ◽

Matthias J. Young ◽

Se-Hee Lee ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Lithium Ion ◽

Atomic Layer ◽

Mass Gain ◽

Alloy Film ◽

Ex Situ ◽

X Ray ◽

Layer Deposition ◽

Ion Conducting ◽

Good Agreement

<div>Atomic layer deposition (ALD) of LiF and lithium ion conducting (AlF3)(LiF)x alloys was developed using trimethylaluminum, lithium hexamethyldisilazide (LiHMDS) and hydrogen fluoride derived from HF-pyridine solution. ALD of LiF was studied using in situ quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) and in situ quadrupole mass spectrometer (QMS) at reaction temperatures between 125°C and 250°C. A mass gain per cycle of 12 ng/(cm2 cycle) was obtained from QCM measurements at 150°C and decreased at higher temperatures. QMS detected FSi(CH3)3 as a reaction byproduct instead of HMDS at 150°C. LiF ALD showed self-limiting behavior. Ex situ measurements using X-ray reflectivity (XRR) and spectroscopic ellipsometry (SE) showed a growth rate of 0.5-0.6 Å/cycle, in good agreement with the in situ QCM measurements.</div><div>ALD of lithium ion conducting (AlF3)(LiF)x alloys was also demonstrated using in situ QCM and in situ QMS at reaction temperatures at 150°C A mass gain per sequence of 22 ng/(cm2 cycle) was obtained from QCM measurements at 150°C. Ex situ measurements using XRR and SE showed a linear growth rate of 0.9 Å/sequence, in good agreement with the in situ QCM measurements. Stoichiometry between AlF3 and LiF by QCM experiment was calculated to 1:2.8. XPS showed LiF film consist of lithium and fluorine. XPS also showed (AlF3)(LiF)x alloy consists of aluminum, lithium and fluorine. Carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen impurities were both below the detection limit of XPS. Grazing incidence X-ray diffraction (GIXRD) observed that LiF and (AlF3)(LiF)x alloy film have crystalline structures. Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and ionic chromatography revealed atomic ratio of Li:F=1:1.1 and Al:Li:F=1:2.7: 5.4 for (AlF3)(LiF)x alloy film. These atomic ratios were consistent with the calculation from QCM experiments. Finally, lithium ion conductivity (AlF3)(LiF)x alloy film was measured as σ = 7.5 × 10-6 S/cm.</div>

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